Chapter 1134 Fierce Battle at Cishan

When Sun Zhen and others' cavalry were slowly moving forward in the ravine, on a hillside about two to three hundred meters away from them, Takahashi Nan was observing the terrain ahead with a telescope. The two companies he led had arrived at the magnetic field before nightfall yesterday.

Mountain, and sent several reconnaissance teams into the mountain overnight to lurk. When Sun Zhen and his team set off from Guxian Town today, Gao Qiaonan led the troops into Cishan first, and his men had entered Cishan earlier.

Several groups of hidden sentries arranged by the Wanjia Army had already been pulled out in the mountains. Several key locations along the way from the outside of the mountain to Chenjiagou were occupied by Haihan scouts in the middle of the night yesterday. These bandits waited until the morning to get there.

It is different from throwing yourself into a trap.

I have to say that Gan Qiang has been very careful in his actions. He has considered sending people to monitor the passage into the mountain in advance to prevent Haihan from playing tricks. But unfortunately, Haihan's tricks are too deep, and Gan Qiang will use the methods

, Takahashi Nandu has thought ahead and taken effective countermeasures, which are simply impossible to guard against. In terms of war experience, bandit leaders like Gan Qiang are far behind those who have fought against regular armies of many countries and various civilian armed forces.

Although Qiaonan has a favorable geographical location, it is still at a clear disadvantage in terms of hard power. It's just that Gan Qiang is trapped too deep. Even if he knows he is losing, he can't go back.

"Battal Commander, those prisoners are very tough and refuse to cooperate. Do you want to use some means?"

When Gao Qiaonan heard his subordinates' request for instructions, he immediately turned around and said: "With the enemy in such a situation, there is no time to wait with them slowly... Forget it, I'll go see what's going on!"

These people sent by Gan Qiang to serve as outposts were considered his generals, and their psychological quality was much better than that of Gan Sheng. They knew that they might not end well after being captured, but they still refused to let go after being punched and kicked.

The deployment situation of the Wanjia Army in the mountains. Logically speaking, in this situation, the prisoners should be punished decisively. However, Gao Qiaonan personally led the team and commanded it. The people below naturally had to inform him to avoid killing people.

Good deal.

When Gao Qiaonan came to the forest, the seven captured people were tied to tree trunks. Several of them had clearly visible blood stains on their heads, faces and bodies. It seems that they suffered a lot when they were captured. Gao Qiaonan slowly learned from these

He walked past people and glanced at their faces one by one. Some of them glared at him, while others deliberately avoided looking at him, but no one asked him for mercy.

"Since you all want to be so strong, I won't bother you anymore. Since you are a man, I will personally send you on your way!" Takahashi Nan said coldly: "Bring me my sword!"

Takahashi Minami now leads his troops in battles mostly as command, and rarely fights in person. His sidearm has long been changed from a samurai sword to a revolver that is standard for naturalized senior officers, so this saber is also made of

The entourage carried it for him, more often as a symbol of personal status than as a combat weapon.

Takahashi Minami didn't even give these prisoners much time to think, so he pointed at two of them and ordered: "Put these two down first!"

Just then Takahashi Nan glanced at the crowd, and these two people looked at him without fear, with ferocious looks in their eyes. They looked like people who were not afraid of death. Takahashi Nan had already thought of choosing them to kill as a warning to others.

Imitation. At that moment, Takahashi Minami's soldiers came forward to untie the two men from the tree, cuffed them behind their backs with handcuffs, and then kicked their knees to make them kneel to the ground. The two men held them down from behind.

These people have been following Takahashi Nan for a long time. They knew Takahashi Nan's intentions as soon as they heard the order and pinned the person to the ground without his instructions.

Takahashi Minami slowly pulled out the long sword from the scabbard, made two false blows in the air, and said in a deep voice: "You all died here today. If you want to blame it, it is because your master is too incompetent, so he can only send you out to die! But!

Don’t be too sad, everyone, Gan Qiang will be able to meet you on Huangquan Road later! If you have any grudges, you can settle them later after you get down there!”

Takahashi Minami walked up to one of them and slowly raised the knife in his hand. The two men next to him pulled his arm upwards from behind, stretching his head and neck to an angle suitable for cutting. The man still refused to accept it and still

I wanted to yell loudly, but unfortunately I could only curse two words. Before I could even raise my voice, the knife in Takahashi Nan's hand came down, and with a muffled sound, it cut through the neck, and his head fell straight off.

On the ground, his mouth was still yelling and cursing, but he could no longer make any sound. The blood from his neck spurted several feet away, and the air in the forest was immediately filled with the smell of blood.

After Takahashi Nan cut off the head of the first man, he walked to the side of the second man with the knife in his expressionless face. The man screamed like a pig: "The villain is willing to do it! The villain is willing to do it!"

"It's too late!" Takahashi Minami spat out two words coldly, and slashed down without mercy. Blood spurted out, and immediately another head fell to the ground.

The visual impact of this public beheading was undoubtedly very great. Several prisoners tied to the tree were forced to watch the whole process. At this time, some people's crotches were already wet. This is exactly what Minami Takahashi wanted.

, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of the remaining people, and said in a deep voice: "Those who are willing to confess now do not have to die."

As soon as Gao Qiaonan finished speaking, the remaining people tried their best to reincarnate themselves to fight for this chance of not having to die. People who didn't know looked at the way they gritted their teeth and probably thought there was something irresolvable between them and Gan Qiang.

The deep hatred. Only they themselves know how terrible it is to see their companions beheaded in front of them. All their previous persistence seems to have become a joke now.

Gao Qiaonan spent two minutes solving the problem, and then quickly got the information he wanted. After Gan Qiang entered the mountain a few days ago, he sent someone to notify his nearby men to gather at Cishan, and at the same time selected Chenjiagou

As an ambush site. As of this morning, before these prisoners set off from the ambush site, Gan Qiang had deployed about 400 people there, which was basically consistent with the troop strength estimated by the command before the war.

In order to ensure that they would not be silenced immediately because they had lost their value, the remaining few people offered to lead the way to Chenjiagou and point out the gang's ambush location to assist the Haihan Army in arresting the bandit leader Gan Qiang. This undoubtedly provided an advance for the special operations battalion.

Many problems were solved. Before the battle officially started, the Haihan Army had already taken the initiative.

Gan Qiang didn't know that his opponent was secretly controlling his every move. Until now, he thought that his plan was at least 80% certain, as long as Gan Sheng could lead the Haihan people into this ambush location according to his own arrangement.

, he didn't believe that he couldn't trap this cavalry team with more than ten times the strength.

As for the life and death of his brother Gan Sheng, Gan Qiang actually doesn't care too much. He thinks that Gan Sheng has always been timid and fearful, and his ability to do things is not good, and he will not be able to help his "great cause". This time he is sent

To lure the Han army into the mountains was to maximize its effectiveness. If the plan could succeed, then paying the price of such a cannon fodder would be worth it in Gan Qiang's opinion.

There is a small temple that has been abandoned for many years on the hillside of Chenjiagou. It is impossible to verify whether it is dedicated to gods or bodhisattvas because it is so old. Gan Qiang asked Gan Sheng to lie that that was his place of residence and lure the Han army.

to arrest. As soon as the Haihan army entered that area, Gan Qiang would cut off their retreat, block them near the small temple, and use bows, arrows, muskets, earthen cannons and other weapons to attack. Gan Qiang has always kept the Haihan people in mind.

Terrifying long-range anti-personnel weapons, this time they fight again, he doesn't want to kill the opponent's lead bullets with his head anymore. At worst, he spends ten days and a half in the mountains with these people, and he doesn't believe that he can't trap them to death.

Gan Qiang has even thought of a plan after this battle. If he can capture some of them alive, then he plans to ask for a sky-high ransom from the Haihan people, and use this as a way to reorganize the Wanjia Army and make a comeback in Dengzhou.

The start-up capital. After defeating the Haihan people, the process of recruiting troops in Dengzhou and annexing the old Wanjia Army will be accelerated a lot. Those who doubt their abilities will probably do it to avoid Haihan.

He took the initiative to join his own camp. Although the current route is tortuous, the future is bright. After winning this battle, Gan Qiang believes that he and military advisor Pu Xueguang are stronger and weaker, and who should take the top spot?

A conclusion can be drawn on this.

I don’t know how long he waited, but Gan Qiang finally saw the target appear in his sight. Just as he expected, the Haihan cavalry team probably couldn’t resist the temptation to capture him. Under the leadership of Gan Sheng, they moved forward.

Mountain.

"Are these idiots taking horses into the mountains to do horse racing in the mountains?" Gan Qiang looked at the horse team slowly moving forward on the mountain trails, and felt proud of his intelligence. Presumably even the military advisor Pu Xueguang came

It’s impossible to do better than yourself, right?

None of the secret sentries sent by Gan Qiang to set up defenses along the way sent out any warnings. This should mean that the Haihan people had no other accomplices quietly following them into the mountains, so they could safely and boldly attack the group in front of them. They just waited for the cavalry to enter the mountain wilderness.

Temple, Gan Qiang ordered an encirclement and suppression campaign.

It was only a mile or less than two miles from the place where the cavalry appeared to the deserted temple, but Gan Qiang felt that it took the opponent a long time to complete this journey, so slow that he wished he could show up in person to lure the enemy.

. With great difficulty, he finally waited until the other party slowly came to a stop around the small temple, pretended to surround it outside, and then rushed in.

"Do it!" Gan Qiang had a hard time holding the words in his throat, and it was only then that he finally shouted them out.

The person next to him immediately set off a firework, which flew several feet into the air and exploded. It should have been visible from miles away. Wanmeng had bought these fireworks from the Dengzhou Ming Army at a huge price.

, real military supplies only rarely have the opportunity to be put to use, so this time it can be regarded as a foreign currency.

The bandits lurking in the forest first pushed down several trees that had been cut down in advance, allowing them to completely block the trail into the mountain. Even if the cavalry team had more than thirty people, they would not be able to clear the trail again for a while.

Come out. People slowly appeared in the forest around the deserted temple, and then more and more people came out in groups from all directions.

"Here he comes!" Sun Zhen stood in the deserted temple, tiptoeing to observe the situation outside through the gap between the window lattice: "Load the bullets and prepare to fight!"

"Bring the horses in quickly!" Wang Jinmin was more worried about the horses he brought than the bandits in the mountains and forests. Since he had successfully lured the enemy, he must try to avoid his own losses at this time. The statues enshrined in the temple had long been

It weathered and collapsed into a pile of loess, and there was nothing to use as a cover. Even the door panel of the main hall was gone, and the walls and roof had collapsed in many places. Once the battle started, there would be no cover in the front.

If the horses were left outside, they would inevitably not be taken into consideration. Fortunately, the deserted temple hall occupies a large area, and more than thirty riders and horses can barely squeeze in.

At this time, Sun Zhen could only pray that his opponents would not use fire attacks frantically as soon as they came up. In that case, they would probably have to give up the bunker of the deserted temple. And if they were exposed and had to deal with the enemies constantly pouring out from around them, then this

This battle is not going to be easy. Of course, their biggest reliance is not on this deserted temple, but on the large army that is marching to nowhere.

Gao Qiaonan also saw this firework in the forest and knew that that should be where the bandit leader Gan Qiang was. He estimated the location and distance and issued an order: "Follow me to the west to attack the area where the bandit leader is.

The Fourth Company is marching towards the location of the reconnaissance team to help them break out! Anyone who encounters resistance will be killed regardless of their identity!"

After the battle to attack the Zhoushan Islands in April last year, the special operations battalion has not conducted a battle of this scale. During this period, the combat mission was to send a small team of troops to Miaoli to assist other troops in wiping out the indigenous tribes, and the early

When arriving at Zhifu Island, Gao Qiaonan led the team to capture the Ming army's pier in Yantai Mountain. Naturally, such a small task could not satisfy the soldiers of the special operations battalion who were accustomed to fighting, so they went into the mountain to suppress the bandits this time.

, up and down, I was holding back my energy to perform well.

The war started in the direction of the deserted temple first. The bandits did not rush to attack the front gate of the open terrain. Instead, they first tried to launch an offensive from the side and rear of the main hall. However, the cold guns fired from the broken walls made the bandits who tried to approach the main hall frightened.

One by one, they fell to a place ten feet away. The projectiles fired by the opponent's weapons could not even be blocked by an inch-thick wooden shield. However, the counterattack launched by our own archers found it difficult to find a clear target. We could only count on the direct attack.

The two cannons from the front line were carried hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder to clear the way through the forest.

It has to be said that Gan Qiang made a huge mistake in his strategic choice. He has realized that Haihan's long-range killing firepower is extremely strong, but it is extremely unwise to open up the combat distance and fight with the opponent with long-range attack weapons. If he is ruthless,

If he makes up his mind to ask his men to launch a desperate charge and swarm them from all sides, the thirty or so guns hiding in the hall will only have a chance to fire two or three rounds before they break through the defense line. Once the combat distance is shortened to hand-to-hand combat, Haihan will

The advantage of individual soldiers will be overshadowed by the gap in military strength.
Chapter completed!